The Great American Midrange is the fourth and final original full-length album from American rock band The Elms. The album was released via the band's own Trust, Inc., label on September 15, 2009, and is the highest-charting album of The Elms' career, entering the Billboard Heatseekers chart at #18 during the week of October 3, 2009.[1][2]
The album's first single and video were for the song "Back to Indiana." The song had its national premiere during ABC's television coverage of the 93rd Indianapolis 500 motorcar race.[3] The song was also named official theme song of the 2010 Big 10 Men's College Basketball Tournament.[4] Album track "The Shake" appeared on EA Sports' hockey video game NHL 09.[5]
Track listing edit
- Strut
- Unless God Appears First
- County Fair
- The Wildest Heart
- Long Gone
- The Shake
- The Good Guys
- The Little Ways
- Back to Indiana
- This Is How the World Will End
- Thunderhead
- A Place in the Sun
- iTunes exclusive
- Dog Days
- Amazon exclusive
- Lily
- Rhapsody exclusive
- Track-by-track synopsis from Owen Thomas
Recording edit
Recording sessions took place in February and March 2009 at Warner Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The album was mixed at Studio X in Seattle, Washington, in April 2009.
Personnel edit
The Elms
- Owen Thomas – vocals, guitar, songwriting
- Christopher Thomas – drums, percussion
- Thomas Daugherty – guitar
- Nathan W. Bennett – bass guitar
Additional personnel
- Brent Milligan – producer, engineer
- Andrew Bazinet – engineer
- David Alan – keyboards
- Adam Kasper – mix engineer
- Sam Hofstedt – assistant engineer
- Bob Ludwig – mastering engineer
- Cliff Ritchey – photography
- Marshall Jones – design
References edit
- ^ "Amazon.com; The Great American Midrange". Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ "Billboard Magazine". Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ "Metromix; The Elms Relate To The Working Man". Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ "TheElms.net". Retrieved April 29, 2010.
- ^ "NHL '09 Soundtrack Revealed". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved April 29, 2010.